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  2. WANTS COMMITTEE OF FOUR

    CANBERRA, Friday.—Supporting the Government's decision to appoint a committee to deal with merchant shipbuilding in Australia, the Deputy Leader of the ...

    Article : 369 words
  3. MR. SOANE RETIRES

    Tributes to Mr. M. E. Soane's efficiency, courtesy, and patience were paid yesterday when he was farewelled by the legal profession, Courthouse staff, and ...

    Article : 467 words
  4. NATIONAL FODDER PLAN

    SYDNEY, Friday.—Federal Cabinet to-day decided upon a plan for national fodder conservation, which will be discussed by the Minister for Commerce (Sir ...

    Article : 240 words
  5. MEDIATE IN THAI DISPUTE

    VICHY, Jan. 24. A.A.P.—France has accepted the offer of the Japanese Government to mediate in the frontier dispute between French Indo-China and ...

    Article : 261 words
  6. ON THE ERITREAN FRONTIER

    A member of the Sudan defence forces, attached to an Indian infantry brigade, holding an advanced post on the Eritrean frontier, goes into action. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. ORDER RESTORED IN RUMANIA

    LONDON, Jan. 24. A.AP.—The Rumanian State Leader (General Antoneseu) issued an official communique this morning announcing that he is ...

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  8. "TOLD US NOTHING NEW"

    CANBERRA, Friday.—No exception could be taken to anything said by the Japanese Vice-consul in Sydney (Mr. K. Otabe) in what was in many ways an ...

    Article : 243 words
  9. Drives 300 Miles a Week to Kill Mosquitoes

    Among the 1200 employees of Greater Newcastle Council, Tom Penfold holds a unique job. He is known as "Tom the Mosquito Killer." ...

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  10. ENROLMENT BEGINS TO-DAY

    Enrolment in the new universal service training groups will begin to-day. It must be completed within 30 days. The men will not be required to go into camp until ...

    Article : 178 words
  11. CONVERSATIONS CONCLUDED

    ANKARA, Jan. 24. A.A.P.—Conversations between the Turkish General Staff and representatives of the British Middle Eastern Command ended to-day. It is ...

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  12. SIR B. STEVENS'S NEW POST

    SYDNEY, Friday.—The appointment of Sir Bertram Stevens an Australia's representative on the Eastern Group Supply Council at Delhi will probably have ...

    Article : 249 words
  13. "BREACH OF ETIQUETTE"

    CANBERRA, Friday.—The Deputy Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Forde) to-day charged the Minister for the Army (Mr. Spender) with having ...

    Article : 159 words
  14. CRITICISM OF OFFICIALS

    BRISBANE, Friday.—Delegates to the Australian Workers' Union conference to-day said that if a weekly newspaper were permitted to continue its attacks on ...

    Article : 170 words
  15. "LABOUR PROBLEM ALARMING"

    DARWIN, Friday.—A serious shortage of workmen is delaying Darwin's huge defence and civil works programme. "The labour problem is alarming," a ...

    Article : 219 words
  16. REPORTED DISQUIET IN ITALY

    LONDON, Jan. 24. A.A.P.—Increasing disquiet in Italy is reported in dispatches reaching Greece and elsewhere. According to a correspondent of the ...

    Article : 146 words
  17. IN BRIEF

    The Acting Prime Minister said that he would discuss with the State Premiers and Treasurers in Canberra next week the question of uniformity in the method of ...

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  18. Letters to Editor

    Sir,—Mr. Kay is reported to have said, when speaking in reference to old age and invalid pensioners paying 3d per week into Newcastle Hospital, and thus having ...

    Article : 162 words
  19. DEFENDANT ASLEEP IN COURT

    GOSFORD, Friday.—Amos Edgar Thomas, 29, pastrycook, of Forbes-street, East Sydney, who was before Gosford Police Court to-day on several charges, ...

    Article : 147 words
  20. FEWER UNIONISTS UNEMPLOYED

    CANBERRA, Friday.—Only 6.2 percent. of Australian trade-unionists were unemployed at the end of December, compared with 9.3 per cent. the year ...

    Article : 169 words
  21. "RAMSHACKLE AND DUBIOUS"

    LONDON, Jan. 24.—The Home Secretary (Mr. Herbert Morrison) commented in a Parliamentary answer on the "ramshackle" and dubious character of the ...

    Article : 120 words
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    Sergeant-Major F. J. Doherly, who was enterlained by relatives at the home of Mrs. McGoldrick, of Mayfield. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  23. AIR FORCE RESERVISTS CALLED UP

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  24. STATE PENSIONS AND MINERS

    Sir,—I am a retired civil servant pensioner, on 25/ a week. My wife takes in washing, otherwise we would starve. I am told it cannot be increased, as it would ...

    Article : 56 words
  25. TURKEY'S RESISTANCE TO NAZI THREATS

    LONDON, Jan. 24. A.A.P.—The diplomatic correspondent of the "Daily Express" believes that Turkey's stiffened resistance to Germany's threat against ...

    Article : 199 words
  26. DROUGHT BREAKS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA

    ADELAIDE, Friday.—The breaking, of the drought in many districts is of inestimable value to pastoralists. The rain came just in time to save considerable stock ...

    Article : 106 words
  27. WORM DIGGING IN LAKE

    Sir,—Regarding the statement by South Belmont Citizens and Ratepayers' Association on worm digging in the Lake at Swansea. Would that body ask the Lands ...

    Article : 89 words
  28. WITH NEW ARMY IN ABYSSINIA

    SYDNEY, Friday.—It was stated in Sydney to-day that the five Australians who had volunteered for a hazardous mission with the new army in Abyssinia ...

    Article : 85 words
  29. GERMAN PRESSURE ON LUXEMBOURG

    WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. A.A.P.—The Luxembourg Minister in Washington said that German agents in Luxembourg were exerting moral and economic pressure on ...

    Article : 56 words
  30. EXPECTS £500 FROM ART UNION

    Officials of the Newcastle Patriotic and War Fund expect the art union to show a profit of at least £500. It has a month to run. ...

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  31. LONDON'S LONG LULL FROM BOMBING

    LONDON, Jan. 24. A.A.P.—London last night had its fourth successive raid-free night, the longest spell of night quiet since the intensive air attacks ...

    Article : 95 words
  32. LIQUOR FOR MUNITION WORKERS

    SYDNEY, Friday.—The Minister for Supply (Mr. Hult) said to-day that if Cabinet decided that the inability of munition workers and others engaged in ...

    Article : 106 words
  33. FEDERAL ADVERTISING COMMITTEE

    SYDNEY, Friday—The setting up of an advisory advertising committee, to assist the Department of Information, was announced to-day by the Minister for ...

    Article : 128 words
  34. STOP PRESS

    VICHY.—Marshal Petain has created a new national council of 200 members. It will be provisional until a new constitution is created, in ...

    Article : 56 words
  35. NO WHOLESALE DISMISSALS OF LINESMEN

    SYDNEY, Friday.—The Postmaster-General (Senator McLeay) said to-night that he had investigated the question of terminating the services of a large ...

    Article : 95 words
  36. HUNGARIAN NAZIS GAOLED

    BUDAPEST, Jan. 24. A.A.P.—Major Koarez, Deputy Leader of the Arrow Cross (Nazi) Party, and 10 of his followers, have been acquitted on a charge ...

    Article : 129 words
  37. MORE DOCTORS AND CLINICS FOR SCHOOLS

    SYDNEY, Friday.—Five additional doctors and 12 dental clinies are to be appointed to the Education Department's medical service. ...

    Article : 141 words
  38. AWARDS FOR CREW OF JERVIS BAY

    LONDON, Jan. 24. A.A.P.—The "London Gazette," announcing seven awards to members of the crew of the Jervis Bay, pays the following unusual ...

    Article : 156 words
  39. ART COLLECTION FOR AMERICA

    SYDNEY, Friday.—A collection of Australian art is to be assembled for exhibition in the United States and Canada, the Minister for Information (Senator ...

    Article : 112 words
  40. STRIKE AT CLYDE WORKS

    SYDNEY, Friday.—Defence production will be held up by a strike of 200 men at the works of the Clyde Engineering Company, Granville, which began ...

    Article : 113 words
  41. ROAD TO PORT STEPHENS

    Reporting on the condition of the road from Newcastle to Nelson's Bay on Port Stephens, a distance of 32 miles, the N.R.M.A. states that ...

    Article : 129 words
  42. APPEAL TO AMERICAN YACHT CLUBS

    WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—The British American Ambulance Corps has appealed to 750 yacht clubs throughout the United States to provide funds for the purchase ...

    Article : 43 words
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